Census Reporter

Grand Rapids, MI Urbanized Area

615,273 Population
280.5 square miles 2,193.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,963 ±$954 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$63,743 ±$2,025 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

12% ±1.1% (71,723  ±6,817) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

20.5 minutes ±0.5 (6,212,565  ±210,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

230,258 ±3,537 Number of households
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.6 ±0.1 (600,030  ±8,329) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.2% ±0.9% (8,207  ±1,399) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

242,768 ±2,800 Number of housing units
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$195,700 ±$4,048 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

16.3% ±1.4% (99,331  ±8,429) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

91.2% ±2% (364,972  ±9,621.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
37.4% ±1.4% (149,459  ±5,817.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

8.4% ±0.6% (51,419  ±3,981) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

5.3% ±0.5% (24,786  ±2,425) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
24,786 Total veterans ±2,425 22,965 Male ±2,324 1,821 Female ±672

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